i wish you could see it through my eyes, then you would know my if god, you re beautiful right now. merry christmas pete: welcome to fox & friends. it s 8 a.m. on the east coast here on fox & friends weekend, sunday, december 3rd, year of our lord, 2023, and that is snow at the blue mountain resort in, is it bath, pa? if. rachel: yeah. pete: bath, pennsylvania. rachel: it is gorgeous. pete: it looks cold. i don t want any part of it. rachel: at christmas time pete: was it snowing in bethlehem when jesus was born? will: right. rachel: no, but i m saying the experience will: got her. pete: the hesitation rachel: i m from the desert, or i m from arizona. i m saying that s a you know what? i love america in all or her will: she just played the ace of spades, and now you don t know what to do. [laughter] pete: the american card doesn t beat the jesus card. i played the beth he hem rachel: i agree, i m a christian first and american second. pete: there y
this is cnn breaking news. two major stories developing in israel at this moment. first, today is to be the fourth scheduled release of hostage by hamas terrorists. there was a holdup. it was over the mothers who were supposed to be on the list and they were not. as part of the agreement, the mothers are to be handed over with their children, and they were not on the list initially, but we told they are now. the handover is close to happening. that is critical in the moments and hours ahead. and also what is critical is what is happening after today, and if the handover goes as planned, is there to be a further extension of the truce. new reporting is suggesting yes. kaitlan collins is standing by in tel aviv for u and the next few hours are extremely delicate, kaitlan. yes, but, kate, they are looking more hopeful than the last time we spoke, because we are hearing from the sources, they are close to resolving the issue at play here, and it does appear that the fourth
viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m laila harrak. it s day three of the four-day truce between hamas and israel. the israeli government has the names of the hostages who will be freed today. 13 israelis and four thai nationals were released saturday, but only after an hours-long delay threatened to upend the exchange. following preliminary medical checks, all of the former hostages were taken to israeli hospitals for care and to be reunited with their families. the deal also called for the release of 39 palestinian prisoners and detainees on saturday. earlier, hamas had stalled on releasing the hostages in a dispute over which palestinians the israelis were willing to release. aid groups say some 187 trucks made it into gaza saturday with food, water, fuel, and medical supplies. it s only a small fraction of what s needed. 61 of those trucks reached heavily damaged northern gaza. the most trucks in one day since the war began. elliott got k
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